Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3216Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to bypass authentication and gain unrestricted access to the root shell of an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software has insufficient authentication mechanisms for certain commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by stopping the boot initialization of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain unrestricted access to the root shell of the affected device.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software	n/a

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

20200603 Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software Authentication Bypass Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO